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Caesar, Julius, 74, 456
Cahoon, Lt. George, 188, 200–2
Cake, Pte. D.E., 311
Calder, Brig. Allan, 43, 99, 105–6, 117–18, 126, 130, 135, 137, 139–40, 146, 155–56, 162, 302, 308–9, 312, 331, 386, 398, 405–6
Camerino, 86
Cameron, Lt. Col. Don, 105, 126, 129, 137–39, 146–48, 155, 162, 304, 308, 312–13, 420–24
Campbell, Brig. Colin, 85–86
Campbell, Capt. R.E., 177
Canadian Military Headquarters, 33, 44, 264
Cartoceta, 114
Casa Berardi, 13
Casa Rodella, 405
Casciano, 56
Case, Lt. Charlie, 304
Caserta, 34
Cassino, 62–63, 133
Castel Raimondo, 86
Caswell, Sgt. Don, 403
Catherwood, Maj. Ernie, 363
Cattolica, 69, 75, 81, 174, 261–62, 269, 271–74, 280–81, 288, 346–48, 351–52, 385, 427, 455
Cederberg, Sgt. Fred, 44–47, 278–79, 297–98
Celle, 450–51
Cesena, 367, 449
Chambers, Lt. E.E., 191
Chase, Pte. B.L., 363
Chisholm, Capt. D.M., 355, 358
Christian, Lt. Col. Jack, 85
Churchill, Winston, v, 11, 50–54, 112–13, 122–23, 461
Chute, Lt. D.W. “Lefty,” 99
Ciaizzo, 42
Cider Crossroads, 13
Clark, Lt. Col. Bobby, 190, 200, 259–60, 335–37, 342
Clark, Gen. Mark, 15, 53, 56–58
Clark, Maj. R.P. “Slug,” 190, 206, 394, 448–49
Clarke, Pte. “Knobby,” 318
Clarke, Lce. Cpl. Raymond C., 399
Cobbett, Maj. S.A., 141
Colquhoun, Maj. Frederick D., 126–27
Combined Chief of Staffs, 12, 49–50, 52
Committee of National Liberation, 28
Conca River, 174, 262–64, 269, 271–72, 274, 276–77, 279–80, 287–89, 296–99, 307, 309, 320
Convento Beato Sante, 117, 121–23, 125–26, 129–31, 136–37, 139
Cooper, Lt. Fred, 100
Cooper, Lt. T.S., 357
Corbould, Lt. Col. Gordon, 43, 279, 289, 293, 317, 320
Coriano, 72, 75, 77–78, 288–89, 315, 317, 320, 336–37, 344–45, 350, 357, 360–62, 457
Coriano Ridge, 288, 292, 302, 309, 314–15, 317–18, 320, 323, 335–36, 338, 340–42, 344–46, 349–50, 352, 355–64, 366, 458–59
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, 464
Corkett, Capt. George Richard, 464–65
Cornwell, Maj. J., 378 Counsell, Maj. Jim, 146, 152, 313, 406
Courtin, Capt. Len, 427
Covignano, 441–42
Crerar, Lt. Gen. Henry (Harry) Duncan Graham, 33–34, 36, 38, 462
Croce, 340–41
Crofton, Maj. Pat D., 413–15
Cromwell, Maj. J., 422
Culliton, Lt. F., 357
Cumberland, Brig. Ian, 194, 209, 223, 227, 290, 293
Cutbill, Maj. E.W., 110, 206, 269, 449
Dalquist, Lt. H.E., 396
Danby, Lt. Col. Dick, 367–68, 373
Darling, Maj. Bill, 43, 254–55
David, Capt. W.H.P., 374, 377
Dawnay, Brig. D., 229–30, 232, 261–64, 269–72, 299, 301–2, 309, 458
Dean, Lt. W.F., 171
Deeks, Maj. D.B., 339 degli Atti, Isotta, 74 della Volpe, Galvano, 75
De Poe, Lt. Norman, 455
Detlor, Pte. Hugh, 234, 238
Dick, Lt. Col. W. Clement, 43, 45
Dickinson, Lt. S., 441
Dillon, Capt. Dick, 300
Diocletian, 78
Doherty, Maj. D’Arcy, 111
Doucette, Tpr. Duke, 316
Dougan, Capt. John, 261–62, 270–71, 410–13, 434–39, 444–45, 466
Douglas, Maj. Ian, 242–43, 245, 279, 294
Douglas, Pte. Lyall F., 465
Douse, Lt. G. F. F., 399
Dubé, Capt. Yvan, 232, 239, 242–43, 245
Duffey, RSM. D.P., 25
Duhaime, Cpl. R., 334
Durnford, Padre Maj. Roy, 346–49, 454–55
Eastman, Maj. Gerald, 204–5, 211–12, 216, 221–23, 227, 238
Eaton, Chaplain Capt. Kenelm, 207, 267
Eaton, Tpr., 296
Egan, Lt. A.D., 109, 418
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight, 51–52, 54
Elder, Capt. Bill, 259–60
Emanuele III, King Vittorio, 27
Empoli, 55
Ensor, Maj. Jack P., 368, 417
Eves, Cpl. Jimmy, 197
Fabriano, 85
Fairweather, Lt. Dave, 126–27, 395
Fanano, 262, 270–71
Fano, 68, 262
Farewell, Lt. J.S., 126
Ferguson, Lt. A.C., 232
Ferley, Lt. Z.M. “Zeke,” 210–14, 217–21
Ferrara, 341
Fisher, Lt. Dave, 333–34
Fisher, Sgt. Keith, 316–17, 322–26, 328–29
Fitzgerald, Tpr. W.E., 360
Fleck, Sgt. William Paul, 322
Fleming, Cpl. H.S., 316
Florence, 17, 21–22, 24–27, 47–48, 54, 56–58, 66, 80, 84, 109, 133, 338
Flynn, Lt. Col. Percy, 241
Foglia River, 81, 96, 105, 117, 132–33, 141, 148, 162, 166, 168–72, 174, 177, 181, 183–84, 190, 194–95, 203, 206, 223, 226, 229–30, 249
Foligno, 80, 82, 85
Forbes, Pte. Gord, 186
Forgrave, Maj. Rick, 299, 332, 417, 427
Forman, Lt. Tommy, 318
Fornaci River, 289, 362
Fossato, 85 fosso Rodello, 389
Foster, Pte. J.A., 24–25
Foulkes, Lt. Gen. Charles, 462
Fountain, Lt. Ralph, 293
Fraser, Capt. George, 388
Freyberg, Gen. Bernard, 265, 383
Frost, Lt. Syd, 448–52
Fulton, Maj. Davey, 440–41
Funk, Tpr. Jacob Kippenstain, 236
Gale, Maj. Art, 355
Galloway, Maj. Strome, 21–22, 25, 90–91, 98–99, 123, 330, 332, 344, 346, 389–91, 404, 418
Gammell, Capt. R.G.M., 142 Gar, Lt. H.V., 236
Garceau, Maj. Ovila, 240
Gardner, Pte. J.W., 332
Garnett, Lt. G.W. “Cass,” 100
Gauthier, Sgt. Joe, 118, 402
Gellhorn, Martha, 249–50
Gemmano Ridge, 307, 340–42
Genoa, 71
Ghetto del Molino, 289
Gibson, Brig. Graeme, 102–3, 106, 117, 126–27, 135–36, 140, 249–50, 386, 401, 405–6, 413, 446, 454, 460
Gildersleeve, Lt. Wilf, 347
Gillard, Pte. James, 404
Ginestreto, 132, 138, 161, 166, 190
Girdlestone, Lt. Frank, 156–57
Glendinning, Maj. Haworth, 124–25, 398, 400, 441–42
Glover, Sgt. Frank Alexander, 228
Goddard, Pte. Jim, 318
Goodbody, Brig. R.W., 306
Goode, Lt. Arnold, 390
Gooding, Pte. Vern, 198
Goodridge, CSM. J.L., 301
Göring, Reichmarschall Herman, 60
Gothic Line, 1–2, 17, 49, 52, 61–62,
assessed by Hoffmeister, 170–73
described, 67–70, 84–85, 116
Foglia section of, 168–69
pierced by Perths, 184–88
topography of, 66
Gourlay, Capt. H.B., 140
Gradara, 230, 262, 269–70, 272, 274, 346
Graham, Lt. J.D., 359–60
Graham, Sgt. Tommy, 45, 279
Grainger, Sgt. Bill, 204–5
Graydon, Capt. Bill, 308
Green, Lt. R.W. “Bud,” 210, 213, 215, 217, 221–22
Green Line, Second, 280, 294
Green Line. See Gothic Line Greenough, Pte. R.R., 311
Greenough, Sgt. Roy, 144
Greenwood, Pte. Alex, 46
Gregg, Capt. J. Milton, 389–91, 418, 426–28
Griev
e, Capt. R.F., 158–59, 161
Gully, The, 13
Gustav Line, 14, 67
Gutheil, Unteroffizier, 63–64
Haley, Cpl. Jack, 346, 384–86
Hall, Lt. G.S., 238
Hamilton, Capt. C.J.A., 140
Hansen, Lt. “Fritz,” 160, 434
Harding, Gen. Sir John, 55–56
Hart, Tpr. Emmett, 360–61
Harvey, Tpr. Charlie, 316
Hawkesworth, Maj. Gen. J., 306–7
Heasman, Pte. Bill, 119
Heaton, Pte. Jimmy, 186–87, 197–98, 229, 233
Hebb, Lt. G.M., 374
Heidrich, Gen. Richard “Papa,” 115, 134, 263, 280
Hemingway, Ernest, 249
Henderson, Lt. F., 231
Henderson, Lt. J., 238
Henderson, Lt. S.B., 200
Herr, Gen. der Panzertruppen Traugott, 116, 305, 364, 447
Hickey, Pte. Alphonse, 182
Hider, Lt. Bill, 187, 238
Hilchey, Tpr. E.R., 324, 328
Hill, Capt. Lloyd, 259, 317, 324
Hills, Capt. Eric, 391
Hiltz, Maj. F.E., 406
Hitler Line, 14, 33, 38, 46, 60, 62, 67, 85, 97, 117, 128, 133, 143, 169, 173, 178, 240, 262, 399, 401, 407
Hitler, Adolf, 52, 60–62, 64–66
Hoffman, Lt. Murray, 388–89
Hoffmeister, Maj. Gen. Bert, 35–36, 48, 84, 140, 170–73, 189–90, 193–94, 223, 229, 254, 263–64, 279–80, 287–89, 315, 321, 336–37, 344–46, 359, 362, 462, 467
Hood, Lt., 298
How, Doug, 111–13
Howarth, Capt. Bill, 233, 243, 245
Hull, Maj. Gen. Richard, 266, 306, 336–37
Humphrey, Pte. Johnny, 187
Humphries, Sgt., 294–95
Hungerford, Capt. George C., 144, 301, 311–12, 390–91
Hurley, Sgt. Ron, 318–20, 351–52
Huxley, Aldous, 25 Il Casone, 258–59
Italian Socialist Republic, 28
Jackson, CSM. Vic, 403
Jenkins, Sgt. Raymond E., 400–1
Jesi, 85, 87, 91, 98, 112, 237
Jodl, Generaloberst Alfred, 61, 64
John, Maj. Morgan, 330
Johnson, Capt. Alon, 136–37, 150, 158–60
Johnson, Cpl. Charles Monroe, 399–401, 465
Johnson, Maj. George, 279
Johnston, CSM. Bob, 229
Johnston, Brig. Ian, 43–44, 170, 173, 181, 200, 357, 360
Jones, Lt. E.M., 275
Jones, Capt. J.H., 177–79, 192, 374, 382
Jordan, Lt. Col. A.K., 196, 294–96, 298, 321
Joss, Maj. Bill, 388, 404
Juin, Gen. Alphonse, 53
Kadeniuk, Pte. Walter, 399
Keeler, CSM. Gordon, 331
Keightley, Lt. Gen. Charles, 34, 80–82, 265, 305–6, 340–44
Keirstead, Maj. Howard, 183, 251–53, 316–17, 322–28, 345
Kennedy, Lce. Cpl. T.A., 100
Kerr, Sgt. Eddie, 45–46, 278
Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall Albert, 52, 59–62, 64–65, 67, 72, 76, 115–16, 132–34, 283, 305, 349, 364–65, 409, 416, 446–47
Kilgour, Lt. Harry, 156–57
Kinloch, Maj. David, 196–97, 209, 214–15, 221, 225, 321
Kirkman, Lt. Gen. (to Gen.) Sir Sidney, 56–58
Koensgen, Capt. J.R., 143
Köhler, Obergefreiter Arno, 62
Lackie, Lt. J. H., 317
Laflèche, Lt. François “Fritz,” 241, 243–44, 247
Lake Garda, 71
Lake Trasimeno, 33, 36, 48, 63
Larochelle, Lt. P., 443–44
LaVigne, Capt. P.J.H., 302–3
Lawler, Lt. Wilfred Percy, 302
Lawson, Maj. J.B., 255
Lazier, Capt., 307–8, 311–12
Le Grazie, 426, 440–41
Leese, Gen. Sir Oliver, 31–38, 40, 55–58, 80–82, 95, 98, 103, 107, 112, 141, 169, 171, 189, 227, 258, 264–66, 305–6, 337–38, 340–44, 458
Leitch, Co. Sgt. Maj., 152
Leonforte, 12
Leroux, Sgt. E.R., 162
Letcher, Capt. Jack, 204–5
Lewis, Capt. Doug, 200–1
Lewis, Sgt. H.B., 274
Liddell, Maj. Sam, 25
Lind, Lt. Col. J.S., 163, 280
Liri Valley, 14–15, 17, 23, 25, 31, 33–34, 45, 55, 59, 62, 82, 95, 98, 103–4, 163, 178, 194–95, 240, 263, 341, 462
Lisson, Lt. Ronald, 357
Lister, Brig. J.F., 35
Little, Pte. Charles, 456
Lombardy Plain, 52, 66
Looney, Lt. James P., 321–22
Loten, Staff Sgt. Thomas A., 88–89
Lowe, Maj. T.M., 188–89
Lucca, 55, 58
Macdonald, Brig. Maj. A.F., 102
MacDonald, Tpr. F.A., 252
MacDonald, CSM. I.A., 339
Mace, Maj. Ollie, 395
MacEachern, Pte. Paul, 170
Mackenzie, Lt. Col. Don, 109, 118–19, 146–48, 151–55, 309, 312–14, 335, 339, 388–89, 402, 404, 419, 451
MacLachlan, Maj. Tony, 355–56
Macleod, Cpl. Howie, 278
MacNeil, Cpl. Albert, 44–47
Maffika, Unteroffizier, 281
Mallet, Pte. Fred, 358
Mallory Major, 55
Manley, Lt. Walley, 252, 315–16
Mara, Lt. J.H.F., 441
Marano River, 288–89, 294–95, 307, 309, 315, 321, 331–32, 335–36, 340–41, 344, 364, 366–67, 373, 383–84, 386, 390 Marecchia River, 287, 340–41, 367, 383, 408, 420, 426, 438, 446–47, 449–51, 453, 458–59, 462, 465
Marinus, Saint, 78
Marshall, Gen. George C., 51–52
Martyn, Capt. D.R., 300
Matthews, Cpl. J.B., 236
Maxted, Capt. Ted, 98–99
McAvity, Lt. Col. Jim, 225–27, 235, 255–56, 289–92
McCrae, Cpl. Alex, 387, 389
McCreery, Gen. Richard, 461–62
McDougall, Maj. Colin, 110, 142–43, 190, 206
McDougall, Maj. F.H., 433–34, 438
McEwan, Maj. Cliff, 197, 200, 259, 360–62
McGrattan, Tpr., 201
McGregor, Sgt. Gordon, 42–43, 257–58
McGregor, Lt. Keith, 261, 412
McIlwaine, Lt. E.A., 236
McIntee, Sgt. Bill, 201
McIntosh, Lt. Col. F.T., 100–1
McIntyre, CSM. Joe, 356, 358
McKay-Keenan, Lt. R.A., 236
McLean, Cpl. George, 292
McLeod, Capt. Bob, 183, 251–53, 315–17, 322–24
McLeod, Lt. H.N., 358
McMahon, Cpl. N.J., 391
McMurrich, Lt. N.H., 151–52
McNaughton, Lt. Gen. Andrew, 33
McNeil, Lt. W.G., 396
Mediterranean Air Interpretation
Unit, 169
Melfa River, 15, 60, 195, 263
Melo River, 288–89, 332–33, 335, 345, 362, 383
Messina, Strait of, 13
Metauro River, 81–82, 96, 98–100, 103, 105–6, 109–10, 113, 131–33, 139, 169, 266, 458
Metcalfe, Pte. Bill, 250–51
Michelangelo, 21
Miles, Lt. L.M., 300–1
Millar, Pte., 303
Mills, Tpr. G.W., 291–92
Milroy, Maj. Bill, 226–27, 236
Miramare, 74
Misano, 287, 289, 292–93, 305, 351
Mitchell, Capt. Bill, 259–60, 360
Mitchell, Maj. George, 376, 380–81
Mitchell, Capt. Howard, 26–27, 169
Mitchell, Maj. “Sandy,” 130, 299, 303, 311, 332, 390
Mombaroccio, 96, 115, 137, 139, 144, 165
Monte Albano, 262, 264, 271–72, 276–77, 279, 308
Monte Altiero, 136
Monte Belilla, 132
Monte Cassino, 14, 55, 60
Monte della Mattera, 117, 124–26, 128, 131
Monte Gallera, 289, 295–96
Monte Gaudio, 132, 154
Monte Luro,
81–82, 167–68, 230, 232, 249, 261–62, 269–70, 274, 281
Monte Marino, 128, 131, 136
Monte Marrone, 190, 200, 202, 250–52, 258
Monte Peloso, 167, 211, 254
Monte Pisano, 55
Monte San Giovanni, 117, 128, 131
Monte Santa Maria, 141–43, 153–54
Monte Titano, 78–79
Montecchio, 167–68, 181–83, 190, 197, 199, 203, 212, 259
Montecchio War Cemetery, 468
Monteciccardo, 125, 131–32, 138, 143–45, 149–50, 159–62, 165, 267
Montelabbatte, 185
Montemaggi, Amedeo, 73–77, 456–57, 466–67
Montemaggiore, 98, 100
Montgomery, Gen. Bernard Law, 344
Montgomery, Sgt. Stuart, 402–3
Monti, Eda, 72
Monti, Oviglio, 72–73, 77–79, 350, 362, 457–58, 465–66
Monti, Paulo, 72, 350, 362
Monticello, 438, 446, 448
Montone River, 462
Moore, Sgt. Maj. Anson, 391
Moore, Lt. P.M., 255–56
Moore, Lt. Walter, 387, 389
Morciano, 75
Morgan, Lt. J., 238 Moro River, 13
Morris, CSM. E.H., 150
Morrison, Sgt. Scotty, 44–45
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 461
Muhm, Oberst Gerhard, 466
Muller, Cpl., 144
Munro, Capt. D.G., 236
Murdock, Capt. Bob, 156
Mussolini, Benito, 27–28, 66, 71, 75, 332
Nadeau, Lt. Claude, 47
Napier, Plat. Sgt. Jack, 122
Nicholson, Maj. Allan, 192
Nocera, 85
O’Brien, Cpl. Jack, 119
Oldfield, Lt. J.E., 279–80, 363
Oldford, CSM. Joe, 356, 358
Operation Diadem, 14, 95
Operation Dragoon, 50–52, 54
Operation Husky, 12
Operation Olive, 95, 112
Ortona, 13, 25, 28, 41, 82, 97, 128, 133, 163, 407, 436
Orvieto, 55
Ospedaletto, 344, 366
Osteria Nuova, 167–68, 177, 189–90, 203, 206–7, 230
Pachino, 12
Padua, 54
Palazzo des Vergers, 376, 379, 381–82, 384, 415, 454–55
Palazzo Paradiso, 445
Pandolfo Sigismondo, 74
Passano, 288, 355
Passo, 125–27, 140
Paterson, Cpl. Charles James, 275–77
Paterson, Maj. Herbert William, 398–400, 465
Pattison, Lt. H.C., 357
Patton, Gen. George, 54
Payette, Capt. Gérard, 245
Pecchiano, 76
Pelletier, Lt. Hector, 241, 243–44, 246
Perugia, 80, 86
Pesaro, 67–70, 81, 97, 103, 133, 168, 262–63, 269, 274, 280, 287
Petacci, Claretta, 75
Peters, Cpl. R.W., 332
Peterson, Lt. Andrew J., 303
Piegaro, 63
Pieve, 262, 269–71
Pini, Giorgio, 75
Pisa, 15, 51